2017 Christian Leadership Forum Booklet

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BLOGGING INFORMATION DOCTORAL STUDENT COHORT LEADERS CHURCH & FAITH LEADER

COHORT PARTICIPANTS YOUNG ADULT COHORT PARTICIPANTS DOCTORAL STUDENT

COHORT PARTICIPANTS EMERGENCY INFORMATION VENUE & WIFI INFORMATION FTE TEAM

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12:00 – 2:00 PM ................................................................................ LUNCH Conference Dining Room DOCTORAL FACULTY ORIENTATION AND LUNCH Board Room

1:00 – 4:00 PM ..................................................... FORUM REGISTRATION Lobby 2:00 – 3:00 PM .......................... FORUM LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING

Conference Room A

2:00 – 4:00 PM .............................. DOCTORAL COHORT ORIENTATION

Conference Room B

3:00 - 4:00 PM ........................ YOUNG ADULT COHORT ORIENTATION

Conference Room A

CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT ORIENTATION Salons I-III

4:00 – 5:00 PM

........................................ PEER GROUP REFLECTIONS

YOUNG ADULT COHORT Erica Liu - Conference Room A Mandy McDow - Conference Room B Christopher Malano - Conference Room C David Telfort - Conference Room D Aaron Coyle-Carr - Conference Room 3

Amaury Tañón-Santos - Conference Room 4 CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT William Givens - Conference Room 5 Milton Eng - Conference Room 6 Leslie Lang - Conference Room 7 Erik Samuelson - Conference Room 8 Kim Jackson (Faith, Ministry & Service Network) - Salon 5 Rimes McElveen (Intentional Christian Community Network) - Salon 6

5:00 – 6:00 PM ................................................................................. BREAK 6:00 – 7:00 PM ............................................................................... DINNER Conference Dining Room

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IGNITE INSPIRATION

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY 7:00 - 9:00 PM ...................................................................................................... OPENING WORSHIP & PLENARY “LEAD CHANGE FOR GOOD”

René August // The Warehouse // Cape Town, South Africa

Ched Myers // Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries // Oak View, CA Grand Ballroom

EXPLORE 6_ POSSIBILITIES01 THURSDAY 7:00 – 8:00 AM ......................................................................................................................................... BREAKFAST Conference Dining Room 8:15 – 8:45 AM .................................................................................................... COMMUNITY PRAYER & WORSHIP Grand Ballroom 9:00 – 10:30 AM ........................................................................................................... COMMUNITY EXPLORATION Grand Ballroom René August // The Warehouse // Cape Town, South Africa

Ched Myers // Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries // Oak View, CA

10:30 – 11:00 AM ................................................................................................................................................ BREAK 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ................................................................................................................................... IDEA LABS YOUNG ADULT AND CHURCH & FAITH LEADERS COHORTS The Good is in the Land of the Living > René August and Nkosi Gola > Conference Room 3 A Black Church Food Security Network: A Pathway To Health, Wealth & Power > Heber M. Brown > Conference Room 4 Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline > Rahim Buford & Janet Wolf > Conference Room 5 Discovering God’s Presence & Re-imagining Spaces for Community Life > Steven Chapparo > Conference Room A Nonviolence & Reconciliation: The Martial Art of Conflict Transformation > Kazu Haga > Conference Room 6 Turning Good Ideas into Ideas for Good > Stephen Lewis > Conference Room B Liberators in Our Midst: A Survivor-Led Trajectory of Leadership > Nikole Lim > Conference Room 7 Immigration, Sanctuary and Christian Witness > Alexia Salvatierra > Conference Room 8 Neighborhood Economics: Why Community Wealth Should be Our Goal and How to Make it Happen > Tim Soerens > Conference Room C 2

THURSDAY 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ............................................................................................................................ WORKSHOPS DOCTORAL STUDENT COHORT 1st Year Students > Pamela Lightsey & Timothy Sandoval > Conference Room 9

2nd Year Students > Shanell Smith & Derek Hicks > Conference Room E Pre-Dissertation Students > Teresa Delgado, Brian Bantum & Boyung Lee > Gold Room Dissertation Students > Stephen Ray, Phillis Sheppard & Andrea Smith > White Room

12:30 – 2:00 PM ................................................................................................................................................. LUNCH Conference Dining Room 2:00 – 3:30 PM ........................................................................................................................................... IDEA LABS YOUNG ADULT AND CHURCH & FAITH LEADERS COHORTS The Good is in the Land of the Living > René August and Nkosi Gola > Conference Room 3 A Black Church Food Security Network: A Pathway To Health, Wealth & Power > Heber M. Brown > Conference Room 4 Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline > Rahim Buford & Janet Wolf > Conference Room 5 Discovering God’s Presence & Re-imagining Spaces for Community Life > Steven Chapparo > Conference Room A Nonviolence & Reconciliation: The Martial Art of Conflict Transformation > Kazu Haga > Conference Room 6 Turning Good Ideas into Ideas for Good > Stephen Lewis > Conference Room B Liberators in Our Midst: A Survivor-Led Trajectory of Leadership > Nikole Lim > Conference Room 7 Immigration, Sanctuary and Christian Witness > Alexia Salvatierra > Conference Room 8 Neighborhood Economics: Why Community Wealth Should be Our Goal and How to Make it Happen > Tim Soerens > Conference Room C

2:00 - 5:00 PM ..................................................................................................................................... WORKSHOPS DOCTORAL STUDENT COHORT 1st Year Students > Pamela Lightsey & Timothy Sandoval > Conference Room 9

2nd Year Students > Shanell Smith & Derek Hicks > Conference Room E Pre-Dissertation Students > Teresa Delgado, Brian Bantum & Boyung Lee > Gold Room Dissertation Students > Stephen Ray, Phillis I. Sheppard & Andrea Smith > White Room

3:30 – 3:45 PM ................................................................................................................................................ BREAK 4:00 – 5:00 PM .......................................................................................................... PEER GROUP REFLECTIONS YOUNG ADULT AND CHURCH & FAITH LEADERS COHORTS

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THURSDAY 5:00 – 5:30 PM ................................................................................................................................................... BREAK 5:15 - 6:15 PM ............................................................... DOCTORAL COHORT: FACULTY STUDENT 1-1 SESSIONS 5:30 – 6:00 PM ................................................................................................... COMMUNITY PRAYER & WORSHIP Grand Ballroom 6:00 – 8:00 PM ................................................................................................................................................. DINNER Conference Dining Room

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AWAKEN IDEAS FRIDAY

7:00 – 8:00 AM ......................................................................................................................................... BREAKFAST Conference Dining Room 8:15 – 8:45 AM .................................................................................................... COMMUNITY PRAYER & WORSHIP Grand Ballroom

9:00 – 10:30 AM .................................. COMMUNITY EXPLORATION: LIVING, DYING, AND LEADING CHANGE Grand Ballroom

10:30 – 11:00 AM ................................................................................................................................................ BREAK 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ..................................................................................................... COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Young Adults and Church & Faith Leaders > Grand Ballroom Doctoral Students > Conference Room 4 Doctoral Faculty > Board Room Faith, Ministry and Service Network > Conference Room A

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12:00 – 2:00 PM ................................................................................ LUNCH Conference Dining Room 2:00 – 4:30 PM .................................................... AFTERNOON SESSIONS DISCERNING OUR NEXT STEPS Young Adult and Church & Faith Leader Cohorts > Grand Ballroom 2:00 - 5:15 PM ........................................................................ WORKSHOPS

DOCTORAL STUDENT COHORT 1st Year Students > Conference Room 9

2nd Year Students > Conference Room E Pre-Dissertation Students > Gold Room Dissertation Students > White Room

4:30 – 5:00 PM .................................................................................. BREAK 5:00 – 6:00 PM ........................................... PEER GROUP REFLECTIONS YOUNG ADULT AND CHURCH & FAITH LEADERS COHORTS 5:15 - 6:15 PM ......................................................... DOCTORAL COHORT: FACULTY STUDENT 1-1 SESSIONS 6:30 – 7:00 PM .................................. COMMUNITY PRAYER & WORSHIP Grand Ballroom 7:00 – 8:00 PM ................................................................................ DINNER Conference Dining Room 7:30 – 9:30 PM ............................................ PHOTO BOOTH & FREE TIME

Club Room

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FRIDAY

SATURDAY 7:00 – 8:00 AM ........................................................................................................................................ CHECK OUT 8:00 – 9:00 AM ................................................................................................... PEER GROUPS OVER BREAKFAST Conference Dining Room 9:00 - 10:30 AM .............................. MORNING SESSION: PLAN OF ACTION, NEXT STEPS, AND EVALUATION Young Adults and Church & Faith Leaders > Grand Ballroom Doctoral Students and Faculty > Conference Room 4

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IMPACTING 6_

YOUR COMMUNITY 03 SATURDAY 10:30 – 11:00 AM ................................................................................................................................................ BREAK 11:00 AM .................................................................................................... CLOSING WORSHIP & SENDING FORTH “THE PROPHETIC POSSIBILITIES OF PRIVILEGE” Numbers 16:41-48 (NRSV) Heber M. Brown // Pastor // Pleasant Hope Baptist Church // Baltimore, MD Grand Ballroom

12:00 PM ............................................................................................................................. LUNCH AND DEPARTURE Conference Dining Room

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FEATURED LEADERS RENÉ AUGUST

CHED MYERS

HEBER M. BROWN

FEATURED IDEALIST

FEATURED IDEALIST

CLOSING PREACHER

René August is a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement and an Anglican priest. She also serves as a reconciliation trainer with The Warehouse, a worshiping community organization in Cape Town, South Africa. The Warehouse walks alongside churches as they seek to respond to the issues of poverty, injustice, and division in a city that struggles with inequality. With a love for the local church and a desire to end the exploitation of the planet and its people, René is passionate about finding innovative ways to use sacred texts to live more faithfully in God’s story of love.

Ched Myers is an activist theologian who has worked in social change movements for 40 years. With a degree in New Testament Studies, as a popular educator he animates scripture and issues of peace and justice.

He has authored over 100 articles and eight books. Ched is adjunct faculty at St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon, SK, and has taught at seminaries around the world. He has worked with a variety of social justice organizations, and has co-founded collaborative projects such as the Word and World School and the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice.

With his partner Elaine Enns, a restorative justice theologian/ practitioner, they mentor young faith and justice leaders, live in southern California and co-direct Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries.

Heber M. Brown, III is senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore and a team leader of Baltimore United for Change—a coalition of activists and grassroots organizations working for social justice. He is the founder of Orita’s Cross Freedom School and co-architect of the Black Church Food Security Network. He’s a graduate of Morgan State University, Virginia Union University (MDiv) and Wesley Theological Seminary (DMin).

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IDEALABS THE GOOD IS IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING NKOSI GOLA & RENÉ AUGUST // Conference Room 3 How might church and Christian leaders respond to the issues of poverty, injustice, and division in communities that struggle with inequality? Participants in this lab will explore faith-rooted resistance as the expression of the goodness of God in death-dealing realities.

A BLACK CHURCH FOOD SECURITY NETWORK: A PATHWAY TO HEALTH, WEALTH & POWER HEBER M. BROWN // Conference Room 4 Participants will be provided background information and context to the impetus, development, challenges and current status of the Black Church Food Security Network in Baltimore, Maryland. We’ll explore some of the religious, social, political, and economic implications of this initiative which is led by those most directly affected by food insecurity in the city.

DISMANTLING THE CRADLE TO PRISON PIPELINE RAHIM BUFORD & JANET WOLF // Conference Room 5 Mass incarceration is fueled by the criminalization of black and brown bodies, targeting children in impoverished communities of color who become victims of the “Cradle to Prison Pipeline” (juvenile offenders who become adult prisoners). Survivors of this system come home to an unwelcoming community that practices “felonism” or legal discrimination against “formerly incarcerated” citizens. Has the church been complicit by its silence? What might it mean for faith communities to listen to and learn from those who have been targeted by and caught in this pipeline? How might that redefine ministry?

DISCOVERING GOD’S PRESENCE & RE-IMAGINING SPACES FOR COMMUNITY LIFE STEVEN CHAPPARO // Conference Room A What would it look like for spiritual and social entrepreneurs to create intentional space in the community beyond the four walls of the church to meet the needs of the city and the church? This Idea Lab will explore principles and case studies found at the intersection of faith, design and entrepreneurship which help to bring Shalom to our neighborhoods and cities.

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NONVIOLENCE & RECONCILIATION: THE MARTIAL ART OF CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION KAZU HAGA // Conference Room 6 Conflict is universal and unavoidable. In the home, the workplace and throughout society, no one can get through a single day without experiencing it. Yet the art of moving through conflict is rarely studied. Things like arguing and violence are not forms of conflict. They are what happens as a result of mismanaging conflict.

Nonviolence is the art of resisting injustice, transforming violence and confronting conflict in ways that lead toward reconciliation rather than violence. This Idea Lab will explore how nonviolence is being applied in contexts as diverse as prisons to social justice movements to solve problems large and small.

TURNING GOOD IDEAS INTO IDEAS FOR GOOD STEPHEN LEWIS // Conference Room B The world’s complex problems need creative solutions to help shape a hopeful future. Institutions matter if we want to solve big problems of the world. While Christian leaders have typically turned to social justice to address these issues, we also need new social ventures that innovatively integrate sacred and marketplace wisdom into entrepreneurial endeavors to create the world anew. Are you interested in working at the intersection of faith and social enterprise?

How do you scale your ideas for ministry as a social enterprise to cultivate God’s healing of the world? Join me for an interactive exploration of this topic and how you might do good in the world.

LIBERATORS IN OUR MIDST: A SURVIVOR-LED TRAJECTORY OF LEADERSHIP NIKOLE LIM // Conference Room 7 Isaiah 61 illustrates a trajectory of leadership where Christ delivers the oppressed into an experience of liberation, healing and transformation. The fruit of their transformation is an outpouring of justice which will rebuild, restore and renew-bringing liberation to generations devastated by violence. By instating a renewed cycle of liberation, the oppressed become the most powerful liberators in our midst-inviting us to experience a greater sense of freedom within ourselves. This Idea Lab reflects on the trajectory of leadership emphasized in Isaiah 61, shares case studies on this survivor-led approach to holistic liberation and discusses methods on how we can create platforms and opportunities for the oppressed to lead us and our communities into liberation.

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IDEALABS IMMIGRATION, SANCTUARY AND CHRISTIAN WITNESS ALEXIA SALVATIERRA // Conference Room 8 Our immigration system is complex. It is also ineffective, illogical and profoundly inhumane. There are over 92 Bible passages calling us to welcome the stranger. How can we do that effectively in the face of the current wave of violations of immigrants’ civil and human rights?

NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMICS: WHY COMMUNITY WEALTH SHOULD BE OUR GOAL AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN TIM SOERENS // Conference Room C One of the greatest indicators of neighborhood revitalization is a growing sense of agency among all of the residents of a particular area. A fascinating movement is underway that seeks to transform neighborhoods by taking an entrepreneurial approach to do good while also generating capital with new tools. This Idea Lab will guide you into the movement of local social entrepreneurship and provide practical steps for how to raise capital for your next venture, or lead your church community toward this vision.

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PEERGROUPLEADERS YOUNG ADULT COHORT

AARON B. COYLE-CARR

ERICA LIU

CHRISTOPHER DERIGE MALANO

PASTORAL RESIDENT Wilshire Baptist Church

CAMPUS CO-PASTOR Pres House

ADMINISTRATOR, NEWMAN CENTER Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu

MANDY SLOAN MCDOW

AMAURY TAÑÓN-SANTOS

DAVID TELFORT

SENIOR PASTOR Laguna Beach United Methodist Church

SYNOD NETWORKER Synod of the Northeast (PCUSA)

ASSOCIATE MINISTER Plymouth United Church of Christ

CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT

MILTON ENG

WILLIAM GIVENS

KIMBERLY JACKSON

EAST COAST PROJECT DIRECTOR ISAAC (Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity)

SENIOR PASTOR Buckhead Baptist Church

FTE CONSULTANT & ASSOCIATE PRIEST All Saints’ Episcopal Church

LESLIE LANG

RIMES MCELVEEN

ERIK SAMUELSON

MERE CHRISTIANITY FORUM Assistant Director

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mere Christianity Forum

PASTOR Freeborn Lutheran Church

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WORSHIPTEAM LEADERS LISA M. ALLEN-MCLAURIN

BRANDON GILLIARD

CLAIRE HITCHINS

HELMAR E. NIELSEN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHURCH MUSIC AND WORSHIP The Interdenominational Theological Center

WORLD-TOURING BASS PLAYER

SINGER-SONGWRITER

TONY MCNEIL

TERRELL SASS

PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE CERTIFICATE IN WORSHIP LEADERSHIP Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary

PRODUCER, COMPOSER & MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST TABLE OF CONTENTS

DOCTORALCOHORT FIRST YEAR STUDENT FACULTY

PAMELA R. LIGHTSEY ASSOCIATE DEAN Boston University School of Theology

LEADERS TIMOTHY SANDOVAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HEBREW BIBLE Brite Divinity School

SECOND YEAR STUDENT FACULTY

DEREK HICKS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RELIGION AND CULTURE Wake Forest University

SHANELL T. SMITH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS Hartford Seminary

PRE-DISSERTATION STUDENT FACULTY

BRIAN BANTUM ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY Seattle Pacific University

TERESA DELGADO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIRPERSON, RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT Iona College

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BOYUNG LEE ACADEMIC DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY Iliff School of Theology

DISSERTATION STUDENT FACULTY

STEPHEN G. RAY, JR. NEAL A. AND ILA F. FISHER PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

PHILLIS I. SHEPPARD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION, PSYCHOLOGY AND CULTURE Vanderbilt Divinity School

ANDREA SMITH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR University of California - Riverside

DOCTORAL COHORT CONSULTANT

MARSHA FOSTER BOYD PRESIDENT EMERITUS FTE CONSULTANT Ecumenical Theological Seminary

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CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT ANNALEE ALLEN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MINISTERIAL SERVICES Western NC Conference United Methodist Church Charlotte, NC VALARIE AMICA PROGRAM DIRECTOR ACCOUNTING CONTACT/ SERVICE SITE Catholic Volunteers in Florida Orlando, FL ADRIENNE ANDREWS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-National Baltimore, MD HEIDI ASPINWALL DIRECTOR Young Adult Missional Movement Miami, FL

GLENN BALZER NATIONAL DIRECTOR Door Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection Denver, CO

PETER BRAAFLADT CO-PASTOR Messiah Lutheran Church Vancouver Vancouver, WA

FELA BARRUETO NATIONAL COORDINATOR, PRISONER REENTRY American Baptist Home Mission Societies Fresh Meadows, NY

VALERIE BRIDGEMAN VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HOMILETICS & HEBREW BIBLE Methodist Theological School in Ohio Delaware, OH

REGGIE BLOUNT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FORMATION, YOUTH AND CULTURE Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

ERNEST BROOKS III PRESIDENT AND CEO Academy of Preachers, Inc. Roswell, GA

KATHY BRAAFLADT CO-PASTOR Messiah Lutheran Church Vancouver Vancouver, WA 16

JIA BROWN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Redeemer Lutheran Church Minneapolis, MN

LIZ BUCKLEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Catholic Volunteers in Florida Orlando, FL BLAKE BYLER ORTMAN COMMUNITY COORDINATOR Jubilee Partners Comer, GA BILL CAHOY DEAN, SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY/ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY St. John’s University School of Theology and Seminary Collegeville, MN SHAWN CASSELBERRY CHICAGO CITY DIRECTOR Mission Year - Atlanta Chicago, IL HOWARD CAVNER CAMPUS MINISTER Ekklesia Springfield, MO STEVE CHEYNEY CAMPUS PASTOR AND DIRECTOR Cooperative Christian Ministry in Higher Education Harrisburg, NC CHRIS COBLE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RELIGION Lilly Endowment Indianapolis, IN ASHLEY COOPER Mycelium Asheville, NC EMILY DEMOOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR Living and Leading with Love (L3) Owensboro, KY

MILTON ENG EAST COAST PROJECT DIRECTOR Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity-East Coast Livingston, NJ ELIZABETH FLOMO PROGRAM OPERATIONS MANAGER Lutheran Volunteer Corps St. Paul, MN ANN FOWLER DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SERVICES Emmaus House Atlanta, GA KAREEM GEIGER Spartanburg, SC

LEE HINSON-HASTY COORDINATOR FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND SEMINARY RELATIONS/ GENERAL ASSEMBLY Presbyterian Church USA Jeffersonville, IN DESANNE HIPPE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY MINISTRY Inhabit Vocational Resources Curriculum Milwaukee, WI ROBIN HYNICKA PASTOR Arch Street United Methodist Church Philadelphia, PA

WILLIAM GIVENS SENIOR PASTOR Buckhead Baptist Church Atlanta, GA

EVAN JONES DIRECTOR OF DISCIPLESHIP First United Methodist Church-Dallas Dallas, TX

REESHEDA GRAHAMWASHINGTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Communities First Association Oak Park, IL

LYDIA KIM ASSOCIATE FOR ADMINISTRATION Young Adult Volunteers - PCUSA Louisville, KY

JEANNE HASTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest Portland, OR

LINDA KAY KLEIN WRITER AND AUTHOR New York, NY

RICH HAVARD CAMPUS PASTOR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A New + Inclusive Ministry at UIC Chicago, IL MARK HETRICK INTERIM SENIOR PASTOR Speedway Baptist Church Greenwood, IN 17

LESLIE LANG ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Mere Christianity Forum at Furman University Travelers Rest, SC ERIC LINDH CEO Project Transformation Dallas, TX

ROSS LOCKHART DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION St. Andrew’s Hall Vancouver, BC TRIP LOWERY DIRECTOR OF YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY DISCERNMENT AN SAID ENLISTMENT General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Old Hickory, TN KIM MAKI DIRECTOR Urban Leaders in Training Northwest Leadership Foundation Tacoma, WA EUSTACIA MARSHALL TEACHING ELDER, PASTOR Faith Point Fellowship Winston Salem, NC DAN MCFADDEN DIRECTOR Brethren Volunteer Service Elgin, IL LARRY MORRIS PROGRAM ASSOCIATE OF NBA INCUBATE INITIATIVE National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Claremont, CA JOHNATHAN NADEAU SEXTON Foundry House - Motown Mission Detroit, MI CHESLA NICKELSON PROGRAM DIRECTOR & MERGER STAFF Disciples Women’s Ministries Indianapolis, IN

SUSAN NISLY SERVICE ADVENTURE DIRECTOR Mennonite Mission Network Newton, KS

ERIK SAMUELSON PASTOR Freeborn Lutheran Church Everett, WA

RUBEN ORTIZ DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL PROGRAMS Esperanza INC. Philadelphia, PA

MELANY SANCHEZ EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Asociación para La Educación Teológica Hispana Orlando, FL

BONNIE OSEI-FRIMPONG DIRECTOR OF NBA XPLOR National Benevolent Association Athens, GA TIM OTTO CO-PASTOR Church of the Sojourners San Francisco, CA JERMAINE PEARSON OUTREACH CAMPUS MINISTER Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL CHRISTINA REPOLEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Quaker Voluntary Service Atlanta, GA CHRIS ROUSH NETWORK COORDINATOR American Baptist Home Mission Societies Beaverton, OR ROBERT RUSH VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Breakthrough Urban Ministries Chicago, IL QUENTIN SAMUELS CAMPUS MINISTRY COORDINATOR Morehouse College Atlanta, GA

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ANTHONY SANDUSKY FACILITATOR Center for Courage and Renewal Brooklyn, NY AMY SCHILL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEERS AND CHRISTIAN PARTNERS Christian Appalachian Project Mt. Vernon, KY TAISHA SEABOLT ASSISTANT MANAGER, FIELD PERSONNEL SELECTION AND TRAINING Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Decatur, GA YONCE SHELTON YASC COORDINATOR FOR INTERNS Young Adult Service Communities Network Bethesda, MD TYLER SIT CHURCH PLANTER New City Church Minneapolis, MN JASON SMITH CONGREGATIONAL ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST Alliance of Baptists Arkadelphia, AR

KENT SMITH CO-FOUNDER Eden Community Fellowship for Intentional Community Abilene, TX ETHEL SOUTHERN ASSOCIATE PASTOR OF EDUCATION & PASTORAL CARE Covenant United Church of Christ South Holland, IL BRYAN STAAB LEAD PASTOR/PLANTER Adullam Church Seattle, WA SARAH STROSAHL-KAGI NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR EMERGING LEADERS AND SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM American Baptist International Ministries Valley Forge, PA

MAKAYLA WHITE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR Knoxville Fellows Knoxville, TN RICHARD WILLIAMS COORDINATOR Presbyterian Church USA Young Adult Volunteers Louisville, KY HODARI WILLIAMS PASTOR New Life Presbyterian Church College Park, GA ANN WOOFENDEN PASTOR AND FOUNDER The Garden Church San Pedro San Pedro, CA

KATHLEEN SWAIN DIRECTOR Lasallian Volunteers Washington, DC TERRY WALKER DIRECTOR, CHAPEL RELATIONS Morehouse College Atlanta, GA NAOMI WASHINGTONLEAPHEART FAITH WORK DIRECTOR National LGBTQ Task Force Philadelphia, PA SUE WEBLEY-COX DIRECTOR OF THE YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT Restoration Temple Ministries Brooklyn, NY

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YOUNG ADULT COHORT SAAJIDAH ABDUL-HAMEEM MISSION YEAR Houston, TX

PRESTON BOGGS PRES HOUSE Madison, WI

BRITTANI M. FLOWERS ALLEN TEMPLE AME CHURCH Marion, IN

GRACE AHERON RESTORATION VILLAGE ARTS Charlottesville, VA

RICKY CINTRON LIFE TOGETHER Cambridge, MA

BRANDI FRIESEN UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Winnipeg, Manitoba

LUKE ALLGEYER THE NIGHT MINISTRY Chicago, IL

LYDIA CORDIE ST PETER’S ERINDALE ANGLICAN CHURCH Mississauga, Ontario

ISAIAH FRIESEN GOSHEN COLLEGE Goshen, IN

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QUEEN FRYE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY Plymouth, MN

KENDRICK HALL REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH Minneapolis, MN

JOEY HERNANDEZ CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS, INC. Philadelphia, PA

KATE GAPP SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS Bronx, NY

TONY HART, JR. INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Indianapolis, IN

LAWRENCE HOLLOWAY, JR. REGENT UNIVERSITY Chesapeake, VA

RUSTY GRAHAM TYSON HOUSE STUDENT FOUNDATION Knoxville, TN

NA’KEYA HASLETT COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Hawthorne, CA

RETRAVIA INGRAHAM FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY Miami, FL

JASMINE HAIRSTON SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Seattle, WA

LIZA HAWKINS TYSON HOUSE LUTHERANEPISCOPAL STUDENT FOUNDATION Knoxville, TN

BIANCA JACKSON AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Los Angeles, CA

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SHEREETHA JACKSON AUBURN SEMINARY Atlanta, GA

SARAH LEVY THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOMERVILLE Dorchester Center, MA

DAMON MOTZ-STOREY QUAKER VOLUNTARY SERVICE Portland, OR

CAROLINE JOHN FAITH HOUSE OTTAWA/STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT Ottawa, Ontario

ILLY MENENDEZ IONA COLLEGE Bronx, NY

YOOJIN NAM SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY Santa Clara, CA

AXEL KAZADI WYCLIFFE COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO North York, Ontario

MOLLIE MEYER CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Vancouver, WA

ANNA PAGE WELLESLEY COLLEGE Wellesley, MA

MANDY KIRBY FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BERKELEY Berkeley, CA

BILLY MILLER GEORGE W. TRUETT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Waco, TX

LEO PASKELL MOUNTIAN PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrenceville, GA

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JOPPA PERSON FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH

ELIZABETH POTTS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY Vacaville, CA

YOLANDA ROMO INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP/USA Berkeley, CA

JON PETTY WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Washington, DC

JESSECA REYNOLDS DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Chicago, IL

DANNY SANCHEZ URBAN VILLAGE CHURCH Chicago, IL

KIERSTI PHENOW BETHEL UNIVERSITY Richfield, MN

RALEN ROBINSON THE LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, PA

ERMA SINCLAIR INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP/USA Oakland, CA

BELLA POLANCO THIRD CHRISTIAN CHURCH New York, NY

CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Brighton, MA

BYRON SLOAN UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Phoenix, AZ

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JOSH SMITH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MARION Black Mountain, NC

JAMES TURNER WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Upper Marlboro, MD

EMANUEL WILLIAMS NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Williamston, NC

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DOCTORAL STUDENT COHORT AMARYAH ARMSTRONG THEOLOGICAL STUDIES Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

WHITNEY BOND THEOLOGY, ETHICS & HUMAN SCIENCES Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL

JESSICA CHAPMAN PRACTICAL THEOLOGY: SPIRITUAL CARE & COUNSELING Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA

GINA JUNGYEON BAE THEOLOGICAL STUDIES University of Toronto, Emmanuel College Toronto, Ontario

TONI BOND LEONARD RELIGION, ETHICS & SOCIETY Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA

LUCILA CRENA THEOLOGY, ETHICS & CULTURE University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA

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BRANDON CROWLEY QUEER THEOLOGY/ PRACTICAL THEOLOGY Boston University School of Theology Quincy, MA

JASMIN FIGUEROA PRACTICAL THEOLOGY Boston University School of Theology Boston, MA

SETH GAITERS RELIGIOUS STUDIES Ohio State University Columbus, OH

LISA DELLINGER THEOLOGY, ETHICS & HISTORY Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

EARLE FISHER COMMUNICATIONS/AFRICAN AMERICAN (RELIGIOUS) RHETORIC University of Memphis Memphis, TN

MARIE GREEN THEOLOGY/CHRISTIAN EDUCATION University of St. Michael’s College Toronto, Ontario

ERICKA DUNBAR HEBREW BIBLE Drew University Madison, NJ

MICHAEL FISHER, JR. ETHICS AND SOCIETY Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

SHENG-PING GUO GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY Emmanuel College, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

MARLENE FERRERAS PRACTICAL THEOLOGY/ PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA

BRIAN FOULKS THEOLOGICAL & ETHICAL STUDIES Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

FAYE HERRING PASTORAL COUNSELING Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, GA

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LYDIA HERNÁNDEZ-MARCIAL HEBREW BIBLE Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Chicago, IL

MALITH KUR RELIGIOUS STUDIES McGill University Montreal, Quebec City

MARLON MILLNER RELIGIOUS STUDIES/ THEOLOGICAL STUDIES Northwestern University Evanston, IL

JAMES HILL, JR. AMERICAN RELIGION Northwestern University Chicago, IL

VIVIAN LAUGHLIN BIBLICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY Andrews University Niles, MI

ANDRE PRICE SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY & ETHICS Villanova University-Theology Department Drexel Hill, PA

NICOLE HOSKINS CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ETHICS Drew University Madison, NJ

LAKISHA LOCKHART THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION/ PRACTICAL THEOLOGY Boston College Newton, MA

DAWRELL RICH RELIGION AND SOCIETY Drew University Madison, NJ

ITOHAN IDUMWONYI AFRICAN RELIGIONS, PENTECOSTALISM, WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES Rice University Houston, TX

SHARI MADKINS RELIGION, ETHICS & SOCIETY Emory University Atlanta, GA

QUINCY RINEHEART AMERICAN RELIGIONS HISTORY Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL

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GINA ROBINSON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION & CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

TAMISHA TYLER THEOLOGY AND CULTURE Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA

MARVIN WICKWARE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES Duke University Durham, NC

ELYSSA SALINAS LAZARSKI THEOLOGY & ETHICS Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Chicago, IL

LIS VALLE-RUIZ HOMILETICS AND LITURGICS Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

JEREMY WILLIAMS NEW TESTAMENT & EARLY CHRISTIANITY Harvard University Cambridge, MA

ERIC THOMAS NEW TESTAMENT & EARLY CHRISTIANITY Drew University Madison, NJ

TAUREAN WEBB THEOLOGY, ETHICS & RACIAL HISTORY Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

JARELL WILSON THEOLOGY & CULTURAL CRITICISM Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL

EKAPUTRA TUPAMAHU NEW TESTAMENT & EARLY CHRISTIANITY Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

BRYSON WHITE THEOLOGY & ETHICS Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

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